Reviewer: Kjames85, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 5

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 5

Comment: After smoking for 15 years I decided to use this drug to quit. I quit smoking 5 days after starting the regimen. The first 3 days were a little stressful. I had many cravings throughout the days but they weren't intense at all and were gone in a few seconds. I ate a lot of mints and kept busy. After the 3rd day I felt fine even being around other smokers. I had no side effects to the drug and
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Comment:After smoking for 15 years I decided to use this drug to quit. I quit smoking 5 days after starting the regimen. The first 3 days were a little stressful. I had many cravings throughout the days but they weren't intense at all and were gone in a few seconds. I ate a lot of mints and kept busy. After the 3rd day I felt fine even being around other smokers. I had no side effects to the drug and stopped taking it after 7 days and was fine. Hide Full Comment

Comment: I never write reviews but I thought this deserved one. I was reluctant to take this it treats depression and since I have never been depressed. Finally decided to take it to quit smoking and I had no side effects while taking this whatsoever. I'm on my 4th month. I quit smoking after a week of taking it. I didn't crave cigarettes anymore. It was just the habit that you really have to kick
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Comment:I never write reviews but I thought this deserved one. I was reluctant to take this it treats depression and since I have never been depressed. Finally decided to take it to quit smoking and I had no side effects while taking this whatsoever. I'm on my 4th month. I quit smoking after a week of taking it. I didn't crave cigarettes anymore. It was just the habit that you really have to kick yourself. I would recommend this to anyone that wants to quit smoking. It has been a miracle to me. If you really want to quit smoking - this is definitely the medicine to take!Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: ppabisso, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 4

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 5

Comment: I have been a smoker for nearly 50 years. For years I have tried to quit smoking and have tried many different products and meds and none worked. With Zyban, there haven't been any mood swings, the cravings are minimized.

Comment:I have been a smoker for nearly 50 years. For years I have tried to quit smoking and have tried many different products and meds and none worked. With Zyban, there haven't been any mood swings, the cravings are minimized.Hide Full Comment

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Comment: After smoking for 30 years, my doctor gave me a Zyban kit. I started taking the Zyban - one a day for the first three days, then 2 a day after that. I set my quit date for 9pm on day 8. On day 8, at 8:30pm I lit my last cigarette. My first day not smoking was not too bad, although I couldn't stop thinking about it. Day two of my quit was a piece of cake. I even drove a 30 mile trip with
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Comment:After smoking for 30 years, my doctor gave me a Zyban kit. I started taking the Zyban - one a day for the first three days, then 2 a day after that. I set my quit date for 9pm on day 8. On day 8, at 8:30pm I lit my last cigarette. My first day not smoking was not too bad, although I couldn't stop thinking about it. Day two of my quit was a piece of cake. I even drove a 30 mile trip with the windows up in the car with my husband smoking all the way, and we went to a Jazz club and sat upstairs where it was smoky. Didn't bother me in the least. Day three was kind of hard, but I got through it. Through the first couple of months when I would get a craving, I would get up and clean. I drank EVERYTHING except coffee through a straw. At about the three month mark I had a very bad craving and went to the store with the intention of buying a pack of cigarettes, but when I got there, I thought of all the hard work I'd done to get to this point, and instead bought a bottle of water with a sports cap. That did the trick. Zyban had some side effects. For the first two weeks I suffered from insomnia. But I got through it. A good side effect was that my libido improved. (My husband liked that!) I only stayed on it for three months. I ended up back on Welbutrin because of the depression that often follows quitting smoking.
If your insurance doesn't cover smoking cessation, ask your doctor to prescribe Welbutrin. It's the same drug, but prescribed for depression. Your doctor will have to record your diagnosis as depression for insurance purposes.
I haven't smoked now in almost 15 years, so I'd say yeah, it worked!Hide Full Comment

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